ZERO DE CONDUCTA
Hazardous Material
Hazard Records, hr094
ZERO DE CONDUCTA #5
Improvised and played by Zero de Conducta:
Montserrat Marfany, vocals, percussions, kochlos, glockenspiel, xylophone
Jaume Martin, guitar, glockenspiel, casiotone, xylophone, percussions, keyboard, bass
Offscope Jordi Buscà, guitar, vocals, percussions, samples
Captain Enric Solà, drums, percussions, bass
Sir Pere Canals, guitar, percussions, keyboard, vocals
Dr Antoni Robert, guitar, synthesizer, percussions, whistles, bass
1. INTROASCENDENT 24’42”
2. MAMMAMAGMA 6’49”
3. SOLARIS 17’35”
4. TIRALLONGA DELS MONOSÍL·LABS 5’53”
Text in Tirallonga dels monosíl·labs by Pere Quart
Produced by Fil Spectrumm for ZdC.
Artwork by offScope
2018
public domain
free download
www.hazardrecords.org
ZdC is a young band formed by people that have been young for a very long time, and they still are. Under those circumstances time is a most valuable asset, and they use theirs very carefully, always trying to get sounds that pay off the investment. Organising sounds and noises is what people call music, and this is what they consciously and minutely do during and after their sessions. Coming from a variety of different backgrounds (pop, punk, rock, dada, psychedelia, ceramics, physics, free jazz, computing, school teaching, poetry, ....) their aim in ZdC is to create spontaneously intense soundscapes where it makes sense living. Since they move around in a subjective world, the output is not always obvious for everybody; but this is the rule and the challenge. Their approach is strongly punk, in the sense that technical perfection is not a goal, but emotional perfection. Instruments are a source of sound, and every Zero explores all the sonic possibilities of every instrument, trying to get out of it interesting textures, and striving to dominate the flow according to a purpose, and fitting it in the complexity of the overall production. A challenge. What is presented here is a selection of some recent work. The band is specially satisfied with those 4 tracks. Those tracks are very close to the a priori pursued goal. Spontaneous complex improvisation using a wide variety of instruments and voices.
Reviewer:
AntoniRobert
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September 6, 2018
Subject:
From a punk attitude they strive for spontaneous improvised music with a strong emotional impact.
Zero de Conducta is an improvising collective from Barcelona: Montserrat Marfany (vocals, percussions, kochlos, glockenspiel, xylophone), Jaume Martin (guitar, glockenspiel, casiotone, xylophone, percussions, keyboard, bass), Offscope Jordi Buscà (guitar, vocals, percussions, samples), Captain Enric Solà (drums, percussions, bass), Sir Pere Canals (guitar, percussions, keyboard, vocals) and Dr Antoni Robert (guitar, synthesizer, percussions, whistles, bass). From a punk attitude they strive for spontaneous improvised music with a strong emotional impact. They aim for intense soundscapes where it makes sense living’. An approach that immediately has my sympathy, but this in itself does not guarantee musically interesting results. They create open sound- objects and textures. They work from a free anarchistic spirit. No rules, everybody can join in and deliver his part. That’s the atmosphere. I don’t know if they combine their work with theatrical aspects, but I could imagine so. Their improvisations develop in a pleasantly unfocused way, just dwelling unpretentious into your ears. Virtuosity nor complexity are their thing. But there is a continuous flow in their operations that absolutely has its charm. (DM). Vital Weekly
